EP 0848552 A1 19980617 - SIGN LANGUAGE TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PERSONS WITH OR WITHOUT HEARING IMPAIRMENT
Title (en)
SIGN LANGUAGE TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PERSONS WITH OR WITHOUT HEARING IMPAIRMENT
Title (de)
GEBÄRDENSPRACHENTELEFONSYSTEM FÜR DIE KOMMUNIKATION ZWISCHEN HÖRGESCHÄDIGTEN UND NICHT-HÖRGESCHÄDIGTEN
Title (fr)
SYSTEME TELEPHONIQUE DE LANGUAGE GESTUEL POUR LA COMMUNICATION ENTRE MALENTENDANTS ET NON-MALENTENDANTS
Publication
Application
Priority
JP 9501723 W 19950830
Abstract (en)
A sign language telephone device is offered which enables an aurally handicapped person who uses the sign language to converse with a normal person at a distant place who does not know the sign language. The sign language telephone device is placed on the side of the aurally handicapped person, and hand gestures of the sign language inputted from a sign language input means are recognized as the sign language, and the recognized sign language is translated to Japanese. The translated Japanese word train is converted to synthesized voices and it is transmitted to a videophone on the side of a normal person. The voices from the videophone are recognized, and the recognized Japanese is translated to the sign language to generate sign language animations and they are displayed on the screen of a TV set on the side of the aurally handicapped person. According to the present invention, it is made possible for an aurally handicapped person to have conversation easily with a normal person at a distant place who does not know the sign language through an existing network. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G09B 21/00 (2006.01); H04M 11/06 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/45 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G09B 21/009 (2013.01 - EP US); H04M 11/066 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 7/142 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 7/147 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 21/4223 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 21/4884 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 5/45 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0848552 A1 19980617; EP 0848552 A4 19980909; EP 0848552 B1 20020529; DE 69526871 D1 20020704; DE 69526871 T2 20021212; US 6181778 B1 20010130; WO 9708895 A1 19970306
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 95930010 A 19950830; DE 69526871 T 19950830; JP 9501723 W 19950830; US 2955798 A 19980226